Abstract
Calligraphy was born with the advent of Islam and in the name of the Word of God and with the grace of Ahl-e Bayt and was developed and achieved a higher level. One of the reasons for remarkable progress of calligraphy in Islamic countries, including Iran, is its association with the Qur'an and the sanctification of pen and writing, because recording religious texts and teachings demands accuracy and integrity. Letters and words in the Quran were inspiring for Muslims and caused the scriber to make innovations in writing styles to write the Quran which was appropriate and competent for the immortal book. This art was at last an outlet for emotional outbursts and representing the beauty of creation. So, an art was necessarily needed to emerge in Iran and other Islamic societies that was based on rationality, skill, knowledge and spirituality and in a word manifestation of the Islamic elements. Calligraphy among other Islamic arts has such functionality and aesthetic elements that was able to combine other arts such as pottery, brickwork, patchwork mirror work, wood carving, tiling, Girih tiles, painting and gilding and to be as a bride among Islamic arts. Due to the great love and passion to Quran and Ahl-e Bayt (AS), using Islamic elements arising from these two great valuable memento, Iranians could have a fundamental and substantial contributions in its dynamics and development. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n4S1p29
Highlights
Calligraphy is the most important art of Islamic civilization that has deep ties with the Islamic culture due to combination with writing Quran and religious, scientific and literary texts
In most Persian calligraphy papers which are often written after the eighth century, some words about the virtue of good writing were attributed to the Prophet (PBUH) and Imam Ali (AS)
At the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, Arabic script was modified, and calligraphy was gradually found its place in the Islamic world
Summary
Calligraphy is the most important art of Islamic civilization that has deep ties with the Islamic culture due to combination with writing Quran and religious, scientific and literary texts. It must be said that at the heart and core of this art, transferring noble, just and decent means becomes a constant commitment and duty and that is why we don’t see in a text or calligraphy that a wrong, vulgar and obscene content is written with true style and good writing. This moral obligation was always observed in calligraphy and any written or piece of calligraphy brings the certainty and confidence that the reader will deal with a sacred text or reflecting an advice, wisdom and prudence. That the writers of the Quran, sayings and prayers have a more sublime and exalted position than other calligraphers
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